archiveAugust 11, 2020

...See full list of members Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Mai Mala Buni, has approved the appointment of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to chair the Campaign Council for the Ondo State governorship election. The announcement was made Tuesday night by APC spokesman, Yekini Nabena....

Workers in the telecommunications sector on Tuesday gave a 14-day ultimatum to MTN Nigeria, to address unfair labour practices in the company to avoid action capable of disrupting its services. The workers, under the aegis of Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PTECSSAN) gave the ultimatum at...

The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, has inaugurated 11 projects in the various Information and Communication (ICT) centres across the country. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, during the virtually inauguration of the projects on Tuesday in Abuja, said they were...

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has partnered The Founder Institute (FI), the world’s largest pre-seed accelerator program, to birth new technology companies aimed at solving some of the nation’s challenges. Mrs Toki Mabogunje, President,LCCI made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Mabogunje said that...

Pentecostal Bishops Forum of the 19 Northern States (PBFNS) in Nigeria has called for immediate fortification of security arrangements in the entire Southern Kaduna communities. Archbishop John Praise, Founder, Dominion Chapel International Church and Chairman PBFNS, who made the call at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja, said that...

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, presented a cash donation to the family of the late Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member, Comrade Yemi Adeniran (Likedat). This came two months after the government gave an automatic employment to the wife of the deceased, Mrs. Yetunde Adeniran, at The Polytechnic...

The domestic bourse sustained losses on Tuesday with key market indices declining further by 0.58 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index which opened at 25,027.61 dropped 143.91 points or 0.58 per cent to close at 24,883.70. Consequently, the Month-to-Date gain moderated to +0.8 per cent while the Year-to-Date loss increased...

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday said it would include punishment for parents of cultists found guilty of cultism in the amendment of Anti-Cultism Law submitted by the state government. The House made the submission during plenary in Lagos after the Bill had scaled through the second reading...

Vladimir Putin is under severe attacks by scientists today for his ‘reckless and foolish’ claim that Russia has developed the world’s first effective COVID-19 vaccine, Daily Mail reports. Putin says the new COVID-19 vaccine offers “sustainable immunity” against Covid-19 and says his daughter has already been given the jab, with...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday commissioned the 13.65km Oshodi-Abule-Egba Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor, deployed additional 550 high and medium capacity buses on the road and launched the extended E-ticketing system. The governor said the 13.65 kilometre journey to Abule-Egba from Oshodi, which used to take over an...